| ▲ | Derbasti 10 hours ago |
| Last vacation, one of our phones broke. We bought a new one, popped in the old SIM, and went on vacationing. How does that work with an eSIM? |
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| ▲ | jiqiren 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Install phone company app, login, and click migrate eSIM to this phone. Whole process can take up to 5min depending on how fast wifi is to connect to your phone company. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > How does that work with an eSIM? Same, except you download it. |
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| ▲ | mbirth 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Ha, you say that. When my wife’s German T-Mobile eSIM vanished during transfer to a new phone, their portal for downloading a new one required a token sent to that very phone number we just lost access to. This meant we had to do a trip to their store where they said that there’s no process for the store to supply us with an eSIM, but they’ll setup a new traditional SIM which we could then convert to eSIM. Ridiculous! At least it was all free - apart from the time spent. That was a few years ago, though. So, I very much hope they’ve improved on the process. | |
| ▲ | Aachen 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | How do they know it's you, what makes you able to download the subscription token onto your device but not me? Do you need to receive a letter, or email via WiFi somewhere? Do mobile carriers accept unauthenticated devices to let them download SIMs, or does it require WiFi always? |
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| ▲ | sherry-sherry 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The flip-side to that is what if your phone had been stolen or lost? You're out of luck with a physical SIM, but eSIM could be transferred to a new device. |
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| ▲ | pests 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Connect to Wi-Fi and download your service providers mobile app. Load eSIM via that. |
